Varus with Kalista
How to Synergize Varus and Kalista
based on 242 Varus with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Varus with Kalista
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
Advice to Understand How Kalista Will Play
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Varus Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Varus in LoL
The Varus Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Varus sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kalista helps Varus perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus is paired with Kalista, he sees a small increase in his complete damage output. This could demonstrate that Kalista helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played together with Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kalista. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kalista.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Kalista on the same side, he typically takes more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Kalista does a poor job of covering Varus during teamfights.
Synergies between Varus and Kalista
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Is Varus better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no ideal ally for Varus that will always be his ideal ally. However, overall, Kalista is a below average companion for Varus. By playing on the same team as Varus, she drops their win rate by -2.9% to 45.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad strategic relationship between Varus and Kalista that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Kalista has a much greater difficulty compared to Varus. That means Varus players need to be very careful when lining up Kalista comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing together, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Varus and Kalista together, you will not be providing your other allies a lot of crowd control. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Kalista ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Varus to pair well with Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to use in your Varus and Kalista synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Varus used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Kalista than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 45.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, Varus players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.5% win rate overall.
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